Exam question 4 · Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★

Determine which observations constitute the strongest evidence that a peer requires support.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, observations, peer · What happens: determine, constitute, require · To what, where: strongest evidence, support

This is exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Olympiad: reading hidden feelings in hard times ★★★» of the reflection course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 observations	det
3	observations	observation	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 constitute	nsubj
4	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Determine	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 evidence	det
6	strongest	strong	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 evidence	amod
7	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 constitute	obj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 requires	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 peer	det
10	peer	peer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requires	nsubj
11	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 evidence	acl
12	support	support	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requires	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	constitute	present	which observations	the strongest evidence	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme evidence=Pivot
3	require	present	a peer	support	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme support=Precondition

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A single exaggerated complaint following defeat in a sporting fixture

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 complaint	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 complaint	amod
3	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 complaint	amod
4	complaint	complaint	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 defeat	nsubj
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 defeat	amod
6	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 fixture	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fixture	det
9	sporting	sport	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 fixture	amod
10	fixture	fixture	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 defeat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	roles by
1	exaggerate	participle	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sport	gerund	tree rules

Option 2

An expression of hunger shortly before lunch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 expression	det
2	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 hunger	case
4	hunger	hunger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod
5	shortly	shortly	ADV	_	2 expression	advmod
6	before	before	ADP	_	7 lunch	case
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A lasting change in behaviour with a request for secrecy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 change	det
2	lasting	lasting	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 change	amod
3	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 behaviour	case
5	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 request	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 request	det
8	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 change	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 secrecy	case
10	secrecy	secrecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 request	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A solitary yawn in the course of a lesson

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 yawn	det
2	solitary	solitary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 yawn	amod
3	yawn	yawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 course	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 course	det
6	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 yawn	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 lesson	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lesson	det
9	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 course	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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